After a decade of working to realize the benefits promised by Service Oriented IT Architecture (SOA), a new and exciting evolution of service orientation is taking place that is impacting and benefiting entire communities of consumers and businesses – the Service Oriented Business Model (SOBM). Many of us in the IT industry have been excited [...]
When I first saw blog posts and industry press questioning the relationship between Cloud Computing and SOA… I wondered what was causing the confusion. Are our definitions of Cloud Computing not clear? Do many of us still not understand SOA? Are we not correctly conveying either the Cloud or SOA’s value proposition or role in the enterprise? [...]
A lot of us have been using server virtualization for a few years now. We’re well aware of how effective a virtual platform can be when it comes to utilizing server resources. In my experience, clients have seen their server utilization go from an average of 5-15% to at least 60-75%. And the number of physical [...]
I was a Twitter skeptic! I know… if you’re a Tweeter you’re thinking, “What a curmudgeon! How out of touch can you be?” But, nevertheless, although I dabbled in the Twitter culture, I was slow to see any value. Now… I have truly seen the light! Twitter has become an indispensible source of real-time news [...]
To state the obvious, cloud hype is extremely loud and distorted right now. As with most emerging technologies or computing paradigms, the rush by vendors to capitalize on (or, create) new opportunities and by enthusiastic early adopters to try to gain a competitive edge creates lots of confusion and silliness. (Maybe Gartner should have a [...]
